Interactions of acoustic phonons (sound quanta) with the electronic states of superconductors

Superconducting microcalorimeters

Other uses of superconductors as energy detectors

Darby Hewitt, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Engineering and Physics

B.S. in Physics, Abilene Christian University, 2008 M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2010 Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2013

Staff

Lois Marie is the glue that holds the physics department together. She keeps the office running, answers all of the students' non-homework questions, and even brings a batch of delicious homemade cookies every Monday morning.